Roger Albinyana

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Roger Albinyana is Director of the Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Development department at the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Barcelona, where he teaches international economic policy. Moreover, he is a board member at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and a member of the advisory council of the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA). He holds an MA in Economic History from the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a BA in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University and a BA in Business Administration and Management from the Open University of Catalonia. He has previously served as Secretary General for Foreign and EU Affairs of the Government of Catalonia (2013-2016), while he was also a member of the EU Committee of the Regions. Previously, he had served as advisor and expert on private sector development at the Secretariat of Union for the Mediterranean an international institution based in Barcelona (2010-2013).